Abstract

2.45 GHz planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) designs mounted on a 100 mm square ground plane are examined with regard to the feed-element shape influence on the input bandwidth (BW). While the traditional wire-fed PIFA has a BW from about 4 to 12%, the novel PIFAs with diverse feed plates (triangular, bi-triangular, rectangular, rounded-rectangular and U-strip) are designs capable of a much broader BW, between 18 and 25% for some configurations.